Patna High CourtCR. MISC./23588/2016bail granted

Shakuntala Devi And ORS v. State Of Bihar And ANR

2016-05-30Mr. Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.23588 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -702 Year- 2015 Thana -PATNA COMPLAINT CASE DistrictPATNA ======================================================

1. Shakuntala Devi wife of Shri Kamaldeo Prasad.

2. Ramesh Kumar Mehta.

3. Mahesh Kumar Mehta sons of Shri Kamaldeo Prasad.

4. Dinesh Kumar Mehta.

All are resident of village Shorampur P.O. Nagawan P.S. Janipur District Patna.

.... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. State of Bihar

2. Sunita Kumari wife of Mukesh Kumar Mehta and Daughter of Sri Swami Saran resident of Mohalla Ram Janki Mandir, Chhoti Nagla Patna City P.s. Malsalami District. Patn.a .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Nand Kishore Prasad, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. S.D.Singh Yadav (App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 30-05-2016 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners who are the mother-in-law and brother-inlaw of the complainant are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498A of the Indian Penal Code.

Accusation is of torture for non-fulfillment of dowry demand.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the accusation is omnibus and general in nature and the husband Mukesh Kumar @Mukesh Kumar Mehta has already been granted anticipatory bail in Cr. Misc. No. 21220 of 2016 by this Court. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23588 of 2016 (2) dt.30-05-2016 2/2 petitioners be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Patna City, Patna in Complaint Case No. 702C of 2015, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Prakash/- U T